1. Theoretical-practical training in a comparative and critical view about different perspectives, theoretical and methodological options, and their respective implications: political, in policy-making, criminal justice and social intervention;

2. To provide state of the art knowledge that contributes to enrich professional practices of agents indifferent areas, from legal to social and educational fields;

3. Training of research skills for social research in the field of crime, difference and inequality, and the relations between them at different levels;

4. Development of methodologies to analyze, assess and monitor public policies and social interventions at different levels;5. General training in critical thinking, providing tools that contribute to an informed citizenry, open to complex understandings of the realities of crime, difference and inequality.

1. Theoretical and methodological skills which enable, and constitute the basis for, the production of original knowledge and intervention in the the field of crime, cultural difference and social inequalities;

2. Skills that potentiate problem-understanding and problem-solving in new and unfamiliar situations andin multi-disciplinary contexts, whether in academic research or in the performance of professional functions;

3. Communication skills that enable to communicate ideas and results both to expert and lay publics.

4. Skills of social intervention combining a critical approach with ethical and social responsibilities.